I had a great meeting with my (likely) future graduate school mentor today. He is the most laid back guy ever, and I like that. We talked for about half an hour and he showed me his lab. He and his lab have very recently moved into the new research building, which is an incredible facility. This past Wednesday he received word that his grant application was accepted, so we will have plenty of money to do research over the next 5 years or so.

It looks like I will have a good amount of flexibility and independence in my graduate work, but I also got the impression that Dr. RH (trying to keep it somewhat anonymous, since anyone can see this) would be available whenever I need help. Of course, he'll be there to guide me in making a decision, but he told me that I am free to research the topic of my choosing. Things are shaping up nicely. Praise God!

Earlier today, I wasn't quite sure how I was going to occupy 75 minutes of lecture time tomorrow morning, but after reviewing the material, I feel a lot better about it. Since I took the class relatively recently (within the last 2 years) and remember learning the material for the first time, I feel like I can present it in a better way than my teacher did in the class. Not to say that I'm a better teacher than he is (of course not! I've never done it), but I did learn a trick or two the hard way about organizing all this information. I would appreciate prayer for this opportunity. I'm not worried about it, but I can't say I know how it's going to turn out.